Holder for flatirons



ul 26 192 v J y A. J. LARSON HOLDER FOR FLATIRONS Filed Feb. 23, 1927 INVENTOR Anna J Larson ATTORN 5 from blisters and calluses While the holder is of the invention. a The first step to fold the edges 1* and Patented July 26,1927.

"UNITED. ,STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- ANN-L JZ'LL'BSON, OI NA'UGATUCK, CONNECTICUT. HOLDER FOR I'LA'IIRONS.

, Application filed February 28, 1927. Serial No. 170,145.

This invention relates to flatirons, and more particularly to a holder ada ted to be wrapped about the wooden han le of an electric iron to protect the hand of the user formerly caused by rubbing against the wooden handle.

One object of the inventionis to provide.

a deviceof the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to apply and manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very eflicient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawings one form in which the invention ma be conveniently embodied in practice.

F ig. 1 representsa plan View of the holder. Ijig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder,

as 1t appears when uponthe wooden handle of an electric iron.

.Fig. 3 is a developed plan view of the holder blank before it has been folded and stitched to its final shape.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken through the holder being shown in about the handle.

ferring now tothe drawings in which closed positlon wrapped like reference numerals denote correspondin parts throu liqutthe several views, the holder, before folded into its final shape as shown ig. 1, comprises a sub sheetof soft flexible material having straight ends 10 and 11 and curved sides 12 and 13, as sh preferably made from fabric, it will be understood that it also ma be 'made from leather, rubber,-or'othe'r suitableanti-chafing material" within holder from the blank shown in Fig. 3. is sides 12 and113 over upon sheet and Figs. 3 and 4. The lank W111 next be;folded upon the center line 18, and the folded ends 10 and. 11 o nd weather r' w W I wrap ed around the center and handle, said holder other forms without departing lt'is desired to secure y an relegated pad of t er in, the manufacture of the 1 15 of the curved the. body of'the' f then stitch said thereto along the lines 16, an}? 17, as clear y shown in the handle and Be In order to detachably connect the two sides 12 and 13 in closed position, wrapped around the center of the wooden handle 21 of the electric iron 22, provision is made of I a stud 23 on the side 13, and asocket 24 on the side 12, said stud and socket being 10- cated inside the folded edges 14 and 15 at the centers of said'curved sides 12 and 13k In operation, when it isdesired to install the ho der on the wooden handle 21 of the electric iron 22, the'holder will first be held vertically with its open sides down immediately above said handle. The holder will then be moved downwardly as far as it will go and the curved sides'12' and 13 will be and astened together by means of the stud 23 and socket 24, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The straight ends 10 and 11 will enclose the ends of the handle as shown. While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is tobe understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but maybe modified and embodied in various spirit. In short, the invention includes. all t e modifications and embodiments coming within'the scope of the following laim. Having thus full described the invention, what is claimed Letters Patent, is:

A holder for a flat iron handle comprising soft flexible material,

said p being folded lengthwise in overlapping relati'on adjacent its longitudinal cenits front and rear end each separate yconnected together to enclose the front-and-rear end portions of arable coactin tralaxis and havin In t stimon whereof,

have s specification.

of the handle and will lie vertical from its as new, andfor which fasteners r the ongitudinal si e edges of a ANNA; Larson. 

